EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractVolume 2: and SGAMR Goes!Chiara Bedon, Mario D’Aniello, Flavio StochinoThe year 2018 starts with a great confirmation for SGAMR! The journal has been selected to host the extended version of some selected papers presented during the 6th International Workshop on Design in Civil and Environmental Engineering (DCEE2017), held at the University of Cagliari (Italy) during November 2017. A summary of selected papers from highly ranked, international scientists can be … …International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 28 Aug 2020 · 5,737 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRelational Contracting in the Building Sector in Jordan as a Substitute to Conventional Formal MethodsRazan Aleasawi, Sultan TarawnehThe socioeconomic policies within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan aim to enhance the Public-Private Partnership (PPP), one of the Relational Contracting models, to encourage investment, improve public services, upgrade infrastructure and boost financial resources, in line with Jordan 2025 Vision (Ministry of Municipal Affairs, 2014). The construction sector itself has a growth plan of 5% in order to meet this … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 1 · 25 Mar 2020 · 6,673 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNondestructive Test Using a 3D Computer Vision System for Damage Detection of StructuresTaylor M.V. Szeto, Sun YiStructures that do not have a definitive map nor a clearly known state of health may exist underground, beyond our reach and in unsuitable environments. Nuclear facilities contain underground tunnels that exhaust hazardous gases. Industry has miles of sewage lines beneath it that emit flammable and toxic gases. Regular inspection and maintenance is an essential part of failure prevention, however, … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 2 Jun 2018 · 8,257 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA REVIEW: INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEM (ICS) AND THEIR SECUITY ISSUESA. Shahzad, S. Musa, A. Aborujilah, M. IrfanIndustrial Control System (ICS) has been designed for critical infrastructure sectors and 90% of these systems are property/owaned and operated by private organizations. Industrial Control System (ICS) were designed to fulfill the basic requirements included system performance and reliability and other basic needs, related with real time transmission, without interlinking with networks (public/private) or/and internet connectivity. In this research, detail … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 8 · 24 Jun 2014 · 6,825 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLIGHTWEIGHT VIGILANT PROCEDURE TO IMPLEMENT SECURITY MEASURES IN HIGHLY ROVING MILITARY OPERATIONSJ. Udhayan, Rajesh BabuThe performance of Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) becomes questionable in highly roving and mission critical application like military operation. Security measures like encryption, authentication, digital signature has been proposed for MANET. However all those mechanisms need some kind of static infrastructure and it is extremely difficult to implement such an infrastructure throughout the military mission. Therefore in this work, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 10 · 18 Sep 2013 · 6,641 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMinimizing Interference in Wireless Mesh Networks Based Telemedicine SystemMohammad Siraj, Kamalrulnizam Abu BakarProblem statement: It has been always a challenging task for the researchers to incorporate information technology advancements in the medical profession. In order to guarantee a reliable network infrastructure that supports the employment of wireless technology and mobile devices, a hybrid infrastructure that integrates wireless networks with the traditional wired Local Area Networks (LANs) is needed. The wired network will … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 8 · 14 Jul 2012 · 8,146 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBlockchain-NFV for Smart Digital and Secure Physical Structures in E-Government, Healthcare, and Network SystemsHayder Abdulsattar Nahi, Ebtehal Akeel Hamed, Rusul A. Salman, Akmam Majed MosaThis paper proposed a combined model that melds Blockchain technology with Network Function Virtualization (NFV) to promote many areas, such as smart, secure, and scalable physical and digital infrastructures in E-Government, Healthcare, and Network Systems. The model treats the principal objections in conventional systems, including centralization, slowed service deployment, and restricted safety. By employing decentralized Digital Identity Decentralized identifiers (DIDs), … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 4 · 21 Apr 2026 · 1,319 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReducing Network Bandwidth Cost on End User Resources Consumption in Cloud EnvironmentBuchanagandi Enock Nyamajeje, Huiqun YuCloud computing has been envisioned as the next generation and attributed to the increasing growth of mobile devices. Rapid increment, increase demands and bandwidth cost of access cloud resources became essential user perceive incur higher cost for utilizing cloud services. Since researchers have proposed new methods, service provider need to collaborate to ensure reasonable level of QoS. In various methods, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 11, Issue 9 · 25 Nov 2015 · 7,105 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA MODIFIED ELLIPTIC CURVE DIGITAL SIGNATURE ALGORITHM FOR PUBLIC VERIFIABILITY WITH DATA DYNAMICS IN CLOUD COMPUTINGD. Sumathi, Ramachandra V. PujeriCloud storage is considered to be the most critical factor in decision making for users as it largely scales down the infrastructure in terms of size, cost and design. Considering factors such as local storage cost, maintenance a single server model can support multiple users on a needed basis. This raises concerns for integrity verification i.e., assuring the correctness of … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 10 · 28 Jun 2014 · 6,486 accessesView PDFCite